Brazil

Brazil's presidential election in October has become a riveting head-to-head contest between two larger-than-life figures representing opposite ends of the ...

He has evoked memories of a golden period for Brazil, when government policies funded by a commodities boom successfully eradicated hunger, reduced poverty and bolstered the ranks of the middle class -- good times he has pledged to revive. The state of the economy is, by quite some margin, the main worry of Brazilian voters, and it’s shown signs of improvement in the past few months. He’s stated that only God could remove him from office and has for most of his four years in government sought to undermine institutions that impose checks and balances on his powers. Lula, a former labor union leader, was found guilty of money laundering and corruption in 2017 and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison, which prevented him from running in the elections that brought Bolsonaro to power four years ago. Bolsonaro, 67, a former army captain who was stabbed while on the campaign trail in 2018 and has been hospitalized several times as a result of that attack, is equally controversial. While there are nine other contenders in the race, none has a realistic chance of winning.

South America's largest democracy will hold presidential elections on Oct. 2 with two iconic Latin American populists as competing candidates: Mr. Bolsonaro ...

She has been leading a project called “Encantar a Política” (“Enchanting Politics”), whose main objective is to recover the sense of a common good in political culture. Instead of promoting division in settings where there is already a lot of conflict, Catholics should be the ones “bringing love and enchantment to politics,” Ms. He said two issues have to be taken more seriously in the current relations between the church and the political establishment in Brazil. “In this political moment, the Catholic Church needs to be more discerning, prophetic and courageous,” he said. Calling on Brazilians to vote with “consciousness and responsibility,” the bishops have lamented the manner in which candidates have exploited religion. Brazil’s bishops have encouraged voters to choose candidates for Congress and the presidency who are “committed to the integral defense of life, defending it at all stages, from conception to natural death,” a message that would apparently put many Catholics at odds with Mr. “Stirring up the political process, fomenting chaos and encouraging authoritarian actions are definitely not a project of interest to the Brazilian people,” the bishops said. [access to vaccines was discouraged or hindered by the federal government](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/world/americas/brazil-covid-variants-vaccinations.html) and by Mr. Bolsonaro, in fact, had been elected to Congress and the presidency through the system he now insinuates is defective. Poverty has been on the rise during the crisis, and more than 33.1 million Brazilians—16 percent of all households—are living in hunger, a number 73 percent higher than two years ago, according to the [Brazilian Network for Research on Food Security](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220608-historic-setback-for-brazil-as-hunger-surges). A Trump-style social media campaign to undermine confidence in the electoral system conducted by Mr. Different civil authorities, such as the attorney general and Supreme Court justices, used the ceremony to defend the current electoral model and the integrity of the electronic voting system.

Brazil's global football tour continued in Paris with an entertaining 5-1 win over Tunisia at the Parc des Princes. The crowd in France were treated to an ...

Pedro added a fifth late on with a good finish to put the icing on the cake of a comfortable victory. The red was a bizarre decision and seemed to be a complete overreaction, spurred on by Neymar's histrionics and the complaints of his teammates. Dylan Bronn made a late challenge on the Paris Saint-Germain star and after a scuffle involving both teams, was shown a red card by the referee.

Richarlison was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal when a banana was thrown on the pitch as the Brazilian FA condemned the incident on Twitter.

It read: “Unfortunately a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal. I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe.” Footage showed Manchester United midfielder Fred kicking the banana away.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

What appeared to be a water bottle and another object also were thrown toward them. [before the teams' derby match](/soccer/atletico-madrid-espatletico_madrid/story/4749893/atletico-madrid-fans-filmed-racially-abusing-real-madrid-forward-vinicius) on Sept. [Richarlison](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/156799/Richarlison), who is Black, had just scored the team's second goal in a [5-1 win](/soccer/report?gameId=652193) at Parc des Princes when the banana was thrown toward him and the other Brazilians celebrating near one of the corner flags.

During the match, a banana was thrown from the stands toward the Brazil players while they were celebrating a goal. Brazilian players have been vocal ...

I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe," Brazilian FA president Ednaldo Rodrigues said. Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick.

That was a mess of a friendly match, but the Selecao handled it as well as possible.

They will enter the World Cup as one of the favourites, and it appears What was meant to intimidate Brazil in another act of bigotry towards Tite's team did no such thing. Brazil encountered a racist fan incident, laser pointers from the stands and rash defensive challenges from Tunisia in a 5-1 victory on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes.

As Brazil's fascistic president Bolsonaro declares he will accept no result other than his victory in Sunday's election, the PT's only appeal against a coup ...

One of the main sources of opposition to Bolsonaro within the ruling class, and the one most stridently voiced by the PT, has been that his one-sided alignment with US foreign policy was contrary to Brazil’s business interests, especially as this year the country became the largest recipient of Chinese foreign investment. Briefly leading the polls in 2014 against the PT’s incumbent president, Dilma Rousseff, she was bitterly denounced by the PT for advocating the formal independence of the Brazilian Central Bank. Both Silva and Meirelles took part in elaborately staged ceremonies to announce their support for Lula after years of publicly opposing the PT. Senior PT advisers have reportedly requested the same from scores of Latin American and European ambassadors, in an attempt to dissuade the historically pro-imperialist military from siding with Bolsonaro and thus barring success for his anticipated coup attempt. It sent a naval squadron to join celebrations off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in the name of not upsetting the Brazilian military, with which the Pentagon has closely collaborated for over a century. The central issue in the meeting was Washington’s reassurance that the US will immediately and publicly acknowledge the results proclaimed by the TSE, likely confirming Lula’s wide lead, on the evening of the election day.

The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today.

We also struggled against torture inside prisons and helped to establish the official organism that combats it in Brazil," he said. "In the case of privatized penitentiaries, nobody wants to assume responsibility for those problems. But we have always fought for the people. over the past 50 years." Mayra Balan, a lawyer for the prison ministry, told Catholic News Service: "Privatization has transformed the mass of people who break the law into commodities. I was treated indignantly all along the process," she said. Things can only get worse like that," said Maria Nazaré Saraiva Alcântara, coordinator of the prison ministry in the Archdiocese of Manaus. Sister Pfaller said since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, violence has been growing in the penal system. "The Brazilian state has opted for a highly repressive policy when it comes to conflict resolution," she added. To make things worse, over the past decades, many penitentiaries have been built and administered by private companies, which are paid according to the number of detainees. In general, the state buys food and clothes from private providers with large amounts of public money involved. People with money can hire attorneys and manage to stay out of prison.

Ahead of Brazil's general election this week, most polls continue to show former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leading sitting President Jair ...

One of the factors likely hurting his job approval is also one of the reasons that Brazilians voted for him in 2018: corruption. Nearly four in 10 Brazilians (38%) approve of the job Bolsonaro is doing as president -- which is similar to the 35% who said so in 2021. Three in 10 Brazilians say they have confidence in the honesty of elections. More than any public policy issue, what may be at stake in the coming election in Brazil may be democracy itself. In fact, the 49% of Brazilians who see local economic conditions improving is the same as Bolsonaro's first year in office. Brazilians' buoyant outlook even as they feel the pinch from rising prices may reflect the significant increases in government transfers to low-income families under different programs, which Bolsonaro has pledged to maintain if reelected.

The macho incumbent may try to attempt a US Capitol-style coup if defeated, says James N Green, professor of Brazilian history and culture at Brown ...

[January 6-style](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/20/january-6-hearings-trump-violated-law-stop-attack) attempt to overturn the election results remains to be seen. Finally eligible to run for the presidency, he immediately surged in the polls. [mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/outrage-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-avoids-five-charges-related-to-covid-response) alienated many supporters. Knowing that Lula is ahead in the polls, US policymakers are signalling that they can live with a centre-left government led by the Workers’ party. Brazilian civil society organisations have also called on leaders around the world to recognise the election results. [sentenced to 12 years in prison](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/lula-brazil-released-prison-supreme-court-ruling). In August, and in response to Bolsonaro’s calls for armed forces to monitor the election results, some of the country’s most prominent lawyers and public figures issued a manifesto in defence of democracy, Bolsonaro was catapulted to the presidential palace four years ago under unusual circumstances. If you can get the armed forces or militias to intervene, all the better. If you lose, simply blame the press, the polls and the voting machines. Its far-right incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, will have to pull off the seemingly impossible to defeat his centre-left rival. As Brazil prepares to head to the polls in early October, the country is bracing for a change of course.

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40-ാം മിനിറ്റിൽ അതിവേഗ പ്രത്യാക്രമണത്തിൽനിന്ന് റഫിഞ്ഞ ലീഡ് ഉയർത്തി. 42-ാം മിനിറ്റിൽ നെയ്മറിനെ ഫൗൾ ചെയ്തതിന് ഡിഫൻഡർ ഡൈലാൻ ബ്രോൺ ചുകപ്പുകാർഡ് കണ്ട് പോയതോടെ പിന്നീട് പത്തുപേരുമായാണ് തുനീഷ്യ പന്തുതട്ടിയത്. 11-ാം മിനിറ്റിൽ തുനീഷ്യൻ ഗോളി അയ്മൻ ദാഹിമിന് കൈയെത്തിപ്പിടിക്കാനാകാതെ തൊടുത്ത തകർപ്പൻ ഹെഡറിലൂടെ റഫിഞ്ഞ ബ്രസീലിനെ മുന്നിലെത്തിച്ചു.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

[Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367) forward Richarlison, who was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal of the game, said racism will continue "every day and everywhere" if it goes unpunished. "We are accustomed, it always happens with our national team," Rodrigo told Spanish radio station COPE. No time bro!"

President Jair Bolsonaro has sowed doubts about election security and urged his base to “go to war” if the vote is “stolen.”

“They don’t respect democracy, they don’t respect congress, and they don’t respect the judiciary,” said João Roberto Martins Filho, a professor at the Federal University of São Carlos and a former president of the Brazilian Association of Defense Studies. “If it is God’s will, I will continue,” he said in an interview with a pool of evangelical podcasters this month. “He could summon his supporters to take to the streets and cause turmoil, especially if there’s a second round,” said Guilherme Casarões, a political analyst at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. Former presidential candidates across the political spectrum have thrown their support behind Lula for the sake of “democracy.” In August, thousands of Brazilians gathered at the University of São Paulo’s law school, site of an anti-dictatorship protest in 1977, to rally for the rule of law. “We want to avoid an episode such as the Capitol invasion.” “But the people are not going to stand by quietly as the chair is stolen from a president who everyone voted for and loved.” A compromise with election officials will allow the military to audit a small sampling of the ballots cast Sunday. Bolsonaro also has pressed for the military to conduct a vote count in parallel with election officials. After a supreme court judge warned of the potential for political violence, Bolsonaro pointedly told his supporters to not stage a “new Capitol” invasion. Should he win outright, any attempt by Bolsonaro to cling to power would come up against institutions that are weaker than those in the United States — and would be the biggest challenge to democracy here since the end of the dictatorship in 1985. I think a number of autocrats could very well be put on the back foot.” The vote — Sunday is the first round — is pitting Bolsonaro’s supporters, the most radical of whom want a strongman in office, against Brazilians eager to end his Trumpian run.

Bengal's football frenzy finds a six-yard home woven in Phulia and picked up by the ambassador of Brazil to India.

“The whole sari and every detail is entirely woven on a hand loom, which is what makes it such a great piece.” Woven in Phulia, this cotton sari depicts a Brazil-Argentina match in progress and it has found a home with the ambassador of Brazil to India, Andre Aranha Correa Do Lago. The body of the sari is decorated with little yellow-and-black footballs, but it is the pallu where all the action is happening.

In Brazil's 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across the country received donations from ...

He voted in favor of the administration’s agenda [97% of times](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil), including supporting bills considered harmful to the environment, [according to experts](https://ruralometro2022.reporterbrasil.org.br/politicos/jose-medeiros). Rotta is the founder and owner of [UniSeeds](https://uniseeds.com.br/quem-somos), a group that sells soy and other grain seeds. [one](https://www.camara.leg.br/propostas-legislativas/2263069) that, if approved, will limit the amount of fines that IBAMA can impose on environmental violators, with a possible reduction in overall fines. [by IBAMA](https://servicos.ibama.gov.br/ctf/publico/areasembargadas/ConsultaPublicaAreasEmbargadas.php) for illegal deforestation in the municipality of Sapezal, in Mato Grosso’s northwestern corner. [Congresso em Foco](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil) (“Congress in Focus”) describes Medeiros as one of Bolsonaro’s staunchest allies in the Chamber. Mendes reportedly pressured regulators to approve a project to build small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) in one of the main rivers of the Pantanal. It was followed by the states of Rondônia, with 4.3 million reais ($1.1 million); São Paulo, with 1.6 million reais ($411,000); and Tocantins, with 1.5 million reais ($385,000). It shows his campaign received more than 1 million reais ($257,000) in donations from environmental violators, a figure that exceeds the amount raised by all 18 other politicians elected in the same state by the same sources. [Lucas do Rio Verde](https://www.olharjuridico.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=48025¬icia=pivetta-se-livra-de-acao-que-julga-possiveis-fraudes-a-licitacoes-em-lucas-do-rio-verde) (MT). In the 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across Brazil received donations from individuals and partners of companies linked to environmental crimes in the Amazon. In fact, more candidates were financed by environmental violators in Mato Grosso in the 2018 election than in any other state, according to the analysis, raking in 6 million reais ($1.5 million at the prevailing exchange rate) in total. It also showed that these environmental violators had racked up a combined more than 260 million reais ($67 million) as of the time of the election — more than in any other state.

Richarlison responded angrily on Wednesday to racist abuse after he scored as Brazil thrashed Tunisia in a friendly in Paris.

Football is a sport that promotes inclusion," said Tite. "Unfortunately... No time left, man!"

Brazil routed Tunisia 5-1 in Paris with Raphinha scoring twice and Neymar, Pedro and Richarlison adding a goal each in a football friendly.

Tunisia players celebrates after scoring their team first goal during the international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Tunisia at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France. Brazil's Pedro celebrates after scoring his team fifth goal during the international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Tunisia at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France. Brazil routed Tunisia 5-1 in Paris with Raphinha scoring twice and Neymar, Pedro and Richarlison adding a goal each in a football friendly.

Polls show left-wing former president Lula ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on October 2.

“Now they are emboldened to express these views.” [](https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/we-will-all-die-if-we-continue-like-this-indigenous-people-push-un-for-climate-justice/) Two weeks ago, the former president’s environment minister, Marina Silva, who resigned in 2008 over objections to hydroelectric dam permitting, endorsed his candidacy after he agreed to implement [a list of environmental policies](https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/09/12/marina-silva-divulga-propostas-entregues-a-lula-leia-integra-da-carta-compromisso.ghtml) that she proposed. More recently, activists decried Lula’s support for reconstructing the [BR-319 highway through the Amazon](https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/br-319-hearings-an-attack-on-brazils-interests-and-amazonias-future-commentary/). [by over 70 percent](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/fatos-primeiro-lula-e-impreciso-ao-citar-reducao-de-desmatamento-na-amazonia-nos-governos-petistas/). Between 2010 and 2021, illegal mining [increased on Indigenous lands by 632 percent](https://observatoriodamineracao.com.br/bolsonaro-cumpre-promessa-e-garimpo-em-terras-indigenas-cresce-632-em-uma-decada/), with the most drastic increases occurring under Bolsonaro’s watch. “Lula in 2022 is a different animal,” said Angelo. He also appointed anti-environmentalist staff to regulatory agencies across the federal government and prevented enforcement of environmental policy. Plus, Angelo adds, in contrast to his first tenure, they are now heavily armed as Bolsonaro has relaxed gun control laws. In his current campaign, the former president has spoken out against the destruction of the Amazon, promising to put an end to illegal mining and fight organized networks driving deforestation. [recent polling](https://especiaisg1.globo/politica/eleicoes/2022/pesquisas-eleitorais/presidente/1-turno/) from the group IPEC, Lula has been picking up steam in the final days of the campaign, solidifying a significant lead. IPEC’s polling indicates that if the election were to take place today, Lula would likely receive 52 percent of the valid vote — after deducting null ballots — which points to a possible first-round victory. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on October 2, the election goes to a runoff on October 30.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

[Tottenham Hotspur](/football/team?id=367) forward Richarlison, who was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal of the game, said racism will continue "every day and everywhere" if it goes unpunished. "We are accustomed, it always happens with our national team," Rodrigo told Spanish radio station COPE. No time bro!"

At a feverish Parc des Princes, dotted with red shirts and the colors of Esperance, the Tunisia supporters, who had snapped up all tickets in a matter of days, ...

Before the 2026 World Cup, the CBF had wanted to modernize South America’s ten-team marathon World Cup qualifying format to open the door to participation in the Nations League. But Tite was under pressure, from the fans to win the 2019 Copa America and from himself to rebuild a team. With the introduction of the Nations League, Brazil no longer has the luxury of testing against Germany and other European heavyweights. In 2018, the CBF broke tradition and maintained Tite at the helm, the first coach to stay on since Mario Zagallo in 1970. A new inquisition follows and the cycle repeats itself. By half-time, the African side was out of the game, mirroring Ghana’s despair a few days earlier in Le Havre.

Lula would enter office with a progressive agenda. Will he be able to repeat the successes of his last presidency?

[illegal mining and deforestation surged](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02644-x) across the Amazon. He is seen as a champion of Brazil’s [indigenous population](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-promises-indigenous-tribes-he-will-reverse-bolsonaro-measures-2022-04-12/) and of LGBTQ+ rights, having called homophobia a “ [perverse disease](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/06/11/brazilian-president-calls-homophobia-a-perverse-disease/)”. The overarching legacy of a Lula re-election, according to Brazil’s former finance minister Nelson Barbosa, would be “to consolidate democracy in Brazil”. (Editor’s note: for more on the shortcomings of GDP as a measure of the success or failure of a policy or leader, see [this article](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/gdp-measurement-new-zealand-beyond-economic-growth/) from our archive.) [income inequality](https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2022/06/10/default-inflation-inequality/) and provide a shot in the arm for the country’s vast informal sector (made up of tens of millions of citizens not registered in official employment data). Originally drafted in 2020, it stressed the need for an “ecological transition to a low carbon economy”, and supported a “Green New Deal”. What’s more, the inevitable horse-trading needed to secure a majority in Brazil’s fragmented congress will likely hamper an economically progressive agenda. At [90%](https://www.capitaleconomics.com/publications/latin-america-economics-focus/lula-lessons-past#no-back), the country’s gross debt-to-GDP ratio is one third higher than when Lula left office in 2010. [17-point lead](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-remains-ahead-bolsonaro-brazil-election-looms-poll-2022-09-26/) over his rival. In a last-gasp effort to woo voters, the package includes a cap on petrol taxes and handouts to low-income families. He’s already hinted that he would maintain the recently approved boost to social welfare. Although he looks set to fall short of the 50% voting share needed to avoid a second-round vote, which would take place on 30 October, he remains odds-on to win the run-off.

Brazilian stocks have outperformed global peers this year, and some investors say more gains are likely in store as neither of the two candidates vying for ...

Tunisia's football federation (FTF) has denounced the racism that marred Tuesday's 5-1 defeat in Paris, where Brazil's Richarlison had a banana thrown at ...

You can't leave any space, you have to be completely focused." The use of lasers and whistling during national anthems are unfortunately common, but throwing bananas at opponents is a new low - whether an intentional racist action or not." "The main point of the match was to learn. You need to manage difficult moments in a match. "If the identity of the person who threw the banana is confirmed as being Tunisian, we apologise on behalf of him and on behalf of all Tunisians present at the stadium and who reaffirmed that the Tunisian fans are a phenomenon." "We strongly condemn any practice of racism that may occur in any stadium in the world," the FTF said in a statement.

Brazil remains tense in advance of October 2 vote, as polls show former left-wing leader ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Former ...

Brazilian footballer Richarlison subjected to racist abuse during a friendly game in Paris against Tunisia.

Fighting racism is not a cause; it is a fundamental change to sweep this type of crime from the entire planet. “We must always remember that we are all the same, no matter what colour, race, or religion. Após o segundo gol do Brasil, uma banana foi arremessada em direção a Richarlison. A banana thrown onto the pitch at Richarlison? In 2022? a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal,” the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Twitter, including a photograph of the banana lying by the touchline.

The #ShareInformation #ShareDemocracy campaign promotes free speech and the right to information during the Brazilian 2022 general elections.

Because of their independent nature, and because they are located in territories with land disputes, or commanded by militias, they are much more vulnerable and exposed to violence. We are also defining what is and what is not freedom of expression. The campaign, launched in July, correct specifically aims to engage with young people and people with disabilities. Among those disseminating disinformation are elected politicians, some of whom target the electoral process and share false information about ballots and electronic voting machines. Through it, ARTIGO 19 has led workshops and training on producing content and helped partner organisations present and document the work they do, and helped disseminate that information and key messages around the elections, online and in print. #ShareInformation #ShareDemocracy – #CompartilheInformacao #CompartilheDemocracia in Portuguese – promotes free and fair elections and encourages people to exercise their democratic right to vote.